I actually think “it could happen to me” is probably the worst reason to care about something? or at least the most base.
For sure. It is a very egoistic, but also universal and logical reason. “Bad things shouldn’t happen” would be a moral reason to care, but even if that’s not enough, “This might affect me” should make you wary.
To think “This won’t affect me, hence I don’t give a damn” is both an egoistic mindset and an idiotic assumption.
But yeah, when those voice gen scams started claiming to be panicked ransom demands from kidnapped relatives it was like… Jesus Christ who wouldn’t fall for that on a bad day?
I hate everything about this. Voice Gen could be useful enough, but even if the idea of something imitating your voice wasn’t so universally creepy as to be a part of plenty of horror stories, a small percentage of humans being such massive assholes that turn every new tech into a new avenue of exploiting people ruin it.
small percentage of humans being such massive assholes that turn every new tech into a new avenue of exploiting people ruin it.
It’s one of the deep ironies of interconnectedness. We can multiply the impact of positive people but awful people can reach massive audiences too and that’s easier as good is often personalised.
Previously you had a few jerks in your local community but now one scammer can robotically interfere with millions of lives. I think this strengthens the awful tendency to assume we live in fallen times or that humanity is fundamentally bad.
For sure. It is a very egoistic, but also universal and logical reason. “Bad things shouldn’t happen” would be a moral reason to care, but even if that’s not enough, “This might affect me” should make you wary.
To think “This won’t affect me, hence I don’t give a damn” is both an egoistic mindset and an idiotic assumption.
I hate everything about this. Voice Gen could be useful enough, but even if the idea of something imitating your voice wasn’t so universally creepy as to be a part of plenty of horror stories, a small percentage of humans being such massive assholes that turn every new tech into a new avenue of exploiting people ruin it.
It’s one of the deep ironies of interconnectedness. We can multiply the impact of positive people but awful people can reach massive audiences too and that’s easier as good is often personalised.
Previously you had a few jerks in your local community but now one scammer can robotically interfere with millions of lives. I think this strengthens the awful tendency to assume we live in fallen times or that humanity is fundamentally bad.